Results For Games Played on 5/14/2026

Classics 11 Eagles 4

The Classics jumped on the scoreboard early by scoring five runs in the first inning.  They scored an additional run in the second.  The Eagles had a slow start scoring three runs in the sixth inning and one run in the seventh.  

It was a one sided game, however the Eagles played good defense after the second inning. The Eagles had good pitching from Dennis Burza but the damage was already done by the Classics and the Eagles were not able to overcome it.

The Eagles thank Ron Mangini, Jim O'Brien, Aaron and Mike for subbing so we did not have to forfeit the game.  Congratulations to the Classics on a well-played game.

Flames 11 Blues Brothers 8

The Flames withstood a Blue Brothers bottom of the seventh inning rally in an 11-8 win.  The game was well played defensively by both teams with the Flames shortstop making his team's only three errors.  In the post-game press conference, the Flames manager said he would speak to his shortstop as soon as he could find him.

The Flames offense was led by Monroe Weingarten, Phil D'Angiolini, and Tom Cosgrove with three hits each.  Phil had a double and a triple and one of Tom's was a double,  Phil also hit two balls over the fence but both were foul.  The first was ruled a foul homerun but the second was ruled just a foul ground rule double as we were playing on one of the short fields.  Ray Morris, Ed Occhi, and Tracy Zimmerman each had two hits - with one a double from Ed.  Ray Morris and Phil D'Angiolini each had three RBI's.  Charlie Whittaker, Wolf Schwartz, Jim Stabene, and Bob Doernberg all contributed one hit each in a game where every player in the line-up got a hit.

Defensively the Flames succeeded with a three-man outfield of Phil D'Angiolini, Charlie Whittaker, and Tracy Zimmerman.  Tracy fielded his first flyball hit to him this season (from practice games through today) on a drive to right from Andy Cohen in the seventh inning getting an important out during the Blues Brothers late rally.  Jim Stabene fielded multiple grounders up the middle getting key force-outs at second base.

The Flames would like to thank the ground crew volunteers for their work providing great field conditions allowing the games to be played today despite rain overnight!

The Flames beat the Blues Brothers 11 to 8 on Field # 2, even though we were scheduled on Field # 1, on a morning when most players were surprised, we were playing. The President made a great call to move forward with today's games.

The Flames started early, scoring 3 runs in the first inning and 2 runs in the third inning. The Blues Brothers scored one run in the second inning and 2 runs in the third inning keeping the game close at 5 to 3.  The Flames flexed their muscles and pounded out four runs in the top of the fourth.  With the score 11 to 5, the Blues Brothers mounted a 7th inning rally but falling short only scoring three runs.  

Leadoff hitter Ed Brandriff continued his torrid hitting going 4 for 4 with two doubles, a triple and a single. Paul Stetsko hit great with a double, triple and a single. Ted Henritzy had three singles, and George Reich added two singles.

Other Blues Brothers with one hit each were Kevin Grevera (double), Vince Burkett, Andy Cohen, Alan Boon, Andy Markowitz, Dave Cutler and John Salmon.

Starr 13 Wildcats 3

Starr jumped out to a 5 to 1 lead after 1 inning. Starr  then tacked on 1 In the second and 5 in the third and 2 in the 5th inning for a commanding 13 to 1 lead going into the 7 inning. The Wildcats added 2 runs in the bottom of the 7th for a final score of 13 to 3 Starr victory. A great defensive game with an exceptional play by Doug Rutter and Terry Abrams and Alan Massey and Chris Metzger. A great pitching performance by Bill Schwartz who pitched  another complete game with no walks. Offensively Starr was led by Ron Fein going 3 for 3 with 3 runs scored and 4 RBIs, Chris Metzger 3. For 3 with 2 runs scored and 2 RBIs, and Spencer Snyderman also going  3 for  3 with 2 runs scored and 1 RBI. Mark Azzaro added 2 hits , both doubles, Terry Klein, Alan Massey, and Harris Braunstein also with 2 hits. Chipping in with 1 hit was Larry Levin, Bill Schwartz, and Dave Detweiler. A great team effort with all 14 players and real good defensive play behind pitcher "wild bill" Schwartz

In a Game where the Wildcats were Missing 3 of their Starting Infielders they were still able to Play a Solid Defensive Game for 5 of The 7 Innings it was the Other 2 Innings that Killed Us, as Starr was able to put up 5 Runs in Both the 1st and 3rd Innings other than that it was a 3 to 3  Game The Wildcats were only able to get 14  Hits on the Day !!! The Offense was Led by Dave Noa going 3 for 3 with 2 Runs Scored Tom Delaney going 3 for 3 ( no that’s not a Typo )Steve Belenko and Neil Haneman both going 2 for 3 Mike Kroeger was 1 for 3 with 1 Run Scored, Tom Jakubowski, Randy Waddle and Howard Borchaner were all 1 for 3 to Complete the NON OFFENSIVE OUTPUT !!!

The Starr Team played a Solid Defensive Game and I was Surprised to see that Chris Metzger played both the Outfield and Infield and was Still able to find His way into the Right Dugout after every inning Way to go Chris !!!

Congratulations to the Starr Team a Great Bunch of Guys on a Well Played Game

Blue Jays 4 Hot Shots 3

The Blue Jays played an almost perfect defensive game shutting down the Hot Shots attack and holding them completely scoreless, almost.  With 2 outs in the top of the seventh Dale Cassidy doubled down the left field line and the Blue Jay defense crumbled like a poorly constructed Jenga tower.  Thankfully for the Blue Jays the disruption ended after three Hot Shot runs and the Jays held on to win 4 to 3.  Every Jay contributed defensively but Ken Riess led the defense with some outstanding play at midfield.  

When the birds went on attack they were led by their stars, Lingo Kong (not Lingo Starr) who went 3 for 3 and scored a run, and Art Taylor who was 2 for 2 with a double and 2 RBIs.  Mike Weidmann was 2 for 3 with a run scored. Judy Agasar walked in both of her plate appearances.  Eric Suber and Frank Glauser were 1 for 2 with a walk.  Chipping in with one hit were Fred Eberhardt, Jim O'Brien, Bill Jones and Ken Riess.

The Hot Shots and the Blue Jays were locked in a tight battle today, with the Blue Birds edging out a 4-3 victory in a game that went right down to the wire. Congratulations to the Blue Jays and Jim O'Brien, who hurled a gem, holding the 'Shots scoreless for 6 2/3 innings.

The Hot Shots struggled offensively for most of the game, but with their backs against the wall in the seventh inning, they mounted a furious rally, pushing across three runs and leaving the tying run stranded at second base when the final out was recorded.

Offensively, the 'Shots managed 12 hits, including five in the seventh inning rally. Dale Cassidy paced the attack with two hits, including a double, while Clete Mahoney, Al Moffa, and John Breig added two hits apiece.

On a positive note, the team showed tremendous determination by battling until the very last out.

Wolfpack 10 Devils 4

The Wolfpack bedeviled the Devils as they clawed their way to a win. The Pack jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first inning with back to back hits by Keith Klasic (3-3) and Ron Mangini (2-3). The Devils had hard hits in the bottom of the 3rd scoring three times and adding another run in bottom of the 4th. The Wolfpack defense came alive and played strong in all positions today but the ESPN defensive play of the game was in the 6th inning with 2 Devils on the bases, the Devils batter hit a "screeching bullet line drive" up the middle only to be gloved by Billy "the Kid" Howland, shutting down the Devils rally. In the top of the 6th with the score Devils 4 Wolfpack 1, Gene "the machine" Harris smartly worked out his 2nd of 3 key walks followed by another walk by Jerry Gross. Tom Boyle, recovering from knee replacement, smacked a clutch single to right ( never saw Tom ever hit to right field)     continuing the rally. Bruce Ludlow, Bill Howland, Keith Klasic and Ron Mangini all followed with hits scoring 5 runs for the inning giving the Wolfpack the lead 6-4 going into the bottom of the 6th. Bill Howland, pitching a fabulous game, held the Devils scoreless in the 6th.

Top of the 7th, Hal Katz had a sharp single to left, followed by additional singles by Jack Donohue and Gary Jones . The newest member of the Pack, Paul Hamm, nursing a torn muscle in his leg, boomed a double over the left fielder's head, clearing the bases. Sharp eyed Gene Harris, walked for the 3rd time in  the game and Jerry Gross singled making the score 10-4 in favor of the Wolfpack. The Pack shutdown the Devils in their last at bat for the win 10-4.

Great team win as everyone contributed to the victory

So it happened again ... .we were short 2 players again, and were winning till the top of the 6th when the pack scored 5 and never looked back.

we just cannot finish the game for a win…..but we will keep trying….

Results For Games Played on 5/12/2026

Blues Brothers 12 Wolfpack 7

The Blues Brothers defeated the Wolfpack 12 to 7, on Field # 4, Tuesday morning.

The Wolfpack had a 2 to 1 lead after 2 innings and tied the game at 5 to 5, in the bottom of the 4th inning, scoring 3 runs.

Ed Brandriff and Field Maintenance Manager Bob Gaines had four hits for the winning team. Paul Stetsko, Ted Henritzy, Kevin Grevera, Vince Burkett, and left-handed hitter Alan Boon contributed with three hits in this total team effort win.

George Reich had a good game with two hits. Andy Cohen, pitching all seven innings, had a single, as did Dave Cutler and John Salmon.

The Blues Brothers pulled off two key double plays including one in the top of the seventh inning stopping any Wolfpack potential rally from getting started.  

The Wolfpack were outplayed by a hard hitting Blues Brothers squad......The Blues Brothers found every hole between the Pack's defense for hits and then hit balls in which the sun made it almost impossible to field for additional hits. By the second inning the score was 5-2 in favor of the BB but the Wolfpack battled back with key hits by Keith Klasic (double) Ron Mangini (single)  Hal Katz (walk) and Jack Donohue (single) which tied the score 5-5.

The Blues then pounded out more hits putting up a 5 spot in the top of the fifth.....the Pack started out strong in the bottom of the inning with Tom Boyle getting a key walk and Mike Blasco and Keith Klasic coming through with hits scoring 2 runs, but that was the end of the rally for the Pack due to the first of 3 double plays turned in the game by the Blues Bros. The Blues Brothers must be commended for great defense keeping the Pack at bay.

For the Wolfpack, Bill Howland ( pitched a great game), Gary Jones, Butch Bodenheimer each had one hit. Mike Blasco (HR) , Ron Mangini and Jack Donohue each had 2 hits while Keith Klasic , in mid-season form, had 3 hits with 3 doubles. The Blues Brothers earned a well deserved win 12-7.

Hot Shots 10 Devils 8

The Hot Shots played their season opening game today and defeated a tough Devils team in a hard fought 10-8 victory.

The 'Shots started slowly and found themselves down 5-0 after two innings of play until the offense got going and hit the Devils with a five spot in the bottom of the third, as Bob Silvester had a key bases loaded two RBI single to get the ball rolling. Timely two out RBI singles by Tony Baccari, Clete Mahoney, and John Reich, knotted the score at 5.

The feisty Devils posted three runs in the top of the fourth and the Hot Shots countered with a single run in the bottom half of the frame, as Al Moffa scorched a double and was chased home with an RBI single by George Groves.

Down by two runs, Howard Barman ignited a two out rally in the bottom of the fifth that saw Dale Cassidy, Tony Baccari, and Clete Mahoney explode with hits, highlighted by a two RBI single, by cleanup hitter John Reich, that resulted in a 9-8 'Shots lead.

The 'Shots capped their scoring in the bottom of the sixth with an "almost needed" insurance run on a Johnny Breig hit and Tom Sikora RBI single.

Offensively, seven players had two hits and everyone reached base today with at least one hit, or a base on balls.

Defensively, three double plays factored in this win today as the Devils kept knocking on the door. A typical Cassidy to Groves (a la Tinker to Evers) "in-the-bank" 6-4-3 DP killed one rally; a Fran McLaughlin touch third and fire home play killed another threat; and finally Clete Mahoney's line out catch, followed by a dart to home plate nailing the Devils' runner in a bang-bang play, ended the game, negating that previously mentioned "almost needed" insurance run.

Ray "Johnny Bench" Buchichio pounced on a dribbler in front of the plate in the catcher position and nailed the batter at first base, to hold the Devils at bay once more.

Johnny Breig overcame some shakiness pitching and stood tall to the challenge in making the right pitches to hold the Devils scoreless in the last three innings.

Eagles 9 Flames 8

The Eagles and the Flames battled in a well-played game.  The Eagles started the scoring early with eight runs in the first three innings while the Flames scored three.  Going into the fifth inning the Flames came alive and scored five runs in the last three innings while the Eagles fell asleep and only scored one run.  The Flames threatened with runners at first and third when a line drive was snagged by John Pappadakis and thrown to Ron Cohen for a double play that basically ended the game.  The Flames made a great comeback but just fell short.  We salute their effort.

The Eagles were led by Dennis Burza who had two hits and scored two runs.  He pitched a complete game.  Kevin Jerdan had two hits including a triple.  Joe Mersch had three hits.  Ron Cohen had two hits.  Jim Swiderski had two hits and caught two fly balls while playing catcher.

Pascal Houke, Ken Radon and John Pappadakis also contributed to our winning effort with one hit each.

The Flames lost to the Eagles 9-8 in a battle of two shorthanded teams with each team fielding 10 players.  Bob Esterly's managerial wheels were spinning as he switched from 5 infielders to 4 outfielders a couple of times gaining a forceout at second from the outfield one of the instances.  The Flames manager's response to that strategy was hitting the one hop line drive right at Bob that became the force-out at second.

The game started out as a romp with the Eagles jumping out to an 8 to 1 lead.  The Flames kept chipping away at the lead and went into the bottom of the 7th behind 9-8.  The Eagles' John Pappadakis at shortstop made a leaping catch of a line drive (instant replay verified air under at least one of his feet) and doubled the tying run off third base squelching what may have been a game winning rally.

The Flames offense was led by Ray Morris proving that pitchers can hit with four hits, four RBI's, and two runs scored.  Wolf Schwartz had three hits (including a double) and two RBI's.  Phil D'Angiolini had two hits (both doubles).  Charlie Whittaker, Ed Occhi, Tracy Zimmerman, and Bob Doernberg each also contributed two hits with Ed having the other two Flames RBI's.

Defensively, Phil D'Angiolini made a nice shoestring catch.  Wolf Schwartz and Monroe Weingarten snared smoked line drives.  Ed Occhi snared multiple tailing throws from shortstop.  Tracy Zimmerman, Charlie Whittaker and Phil D'Angiolini played a three-man outfield the entire game.

Also notable was the shortest hit ever seen in Bucks Senior Softball.  Monroe Weingarten (of course) topped a ball that stopped one inch in front of the plate and beat out the throw to first.  He was able to do so because Eagles catcher Jim Swiderski was playing Monroe too deep!

Starr 10 Panthers 1

Great day for a ball game. Starr started out by taking a 1 to 0 nothing lead after 1 inning. The Panthers came back in the second inning to tie the score at one all. Score remained tied until the bottom of the 3rd when Starr scored five in the third to take a commanding 6 to 1 lead. Starr then tacked on 4 more  for a final score of 10 to 1. Defensively Starr played an error less game and was led by Jay Passman who made 3 incredible catches  on defense. Also Bill Schwartz who pitched a complete game with no walks. For the Panthers Kevin also pitched a complete game with no walks and the game only took 1 hour and 10 minutes. Offensively for Starr were Larry Levin going 3 for 3 with 3 runs scored and 3 RBIs .Also going 3 for 3 was Marc Azzaro with 1 RBI. Going 2 for 2 and scoring 2 runs were Dave Detweiler and Harris the rocket Braunstein. Chipping in with 2 hits and 3 RBIs was Ron Fein and his golden glove. Also contributing with one hit was Terry Klein, Chris Metzger and Jay Passman and Doug Rutter.

Wildcats 9 Classics 6

In a Game where there was some “LOOSE DEFENSIVE PLAY” by both Teams the Wildcats were able to come out on Top by a 9-6 SCORE the Wildcats were led by Jack McNulty and Mike Kroeger both going 2 for 3 and each scoring Twice, Neil Haneman was 2 for 4 with 1 Run Scored. Tom Jakubowski went 3 for 3 with 1 Run Scored and made a nice catch on a Deep Shot to Right Field Steve Belenko also went 3 for 3, Dave Noa was 2 for 4. Dave Simone was 1 for 2 with a Run Scored, Howard Borochaner was 2 for 3 with 1 Run Scored, Ken Mealey was 1 for 3 with a Run Scored and C-Wiggy Weigand was able to draw a Couple of Walks !!!

It was nice to see Dick Tosti back on the Field the Cats would like to Acknowledge the Classics on a well Played Game !!! And I’d like to Mention that after our First Game with a Certain Umpire that Tom Delaney was able to use His Full Arsenal of VULGARITY !!!

The Classics are still trying to find some momentum in the early part of this season. The team was led by Bryan Chase, who was the only batter with 2 hits going 2 for 3 with 2 runs scored and 2 RBIs. The fifth inning offered hope when the team started with 4 consecutive singles by Howard Wible, Ron Tuminski, Franklin Smith, and Bryan Chase. Greg Kloiber and Pete Willaimson followed with back-to-back triples to close the score to 6-5. Unfortunately, that was the end of the scoring for the Classics. Defensively, too many miscues in the field allowed too many runners to reach base, advance and score. In spite of the slow start, the team believes we have more talent than we are showing and will turn things around quickly. 

Opening Day 5/5/2026 Results

Blue Jays 11 Wolfpack 1

The Blue Jays jumped out scoring 5 runs in the top of the first.  Eric Suber got things going with a lead off triple, followed by singles from Frank Glauser, Ken Riess and Jim O'Brien.  Curtis Bragg followed with the second triple of the inning and then scored on an RBI single by Mike Weidmann.  The Jays offense added a run in the fourth inning after singles by Curtis Bragg, Mike Weidmann and Eric Gottlieb, but it was the Blue Jays defense that was doing the hard work of keeping the Wolfpack from responding.  There were no outstanding defensive plays, just everyone in blue making every hard hit ball by the Pack look like a routine play.  The jays then added 3 runs in the fifth inning and a run in the sixth to close out the game.  Eric Suber led the offense going 3 for 3 with a triple, a walk and 2 runs scored.  Mike Weidmann was 3 for 3 with an 2 RBI's.  Two hits each for Frank Glauser (2 runs scored), Ken Riess, Jim O'Brien (2 RBI's), Curtis Bragg (triple, 2 RBI's), and Eric Gottlieb.  Also contributing with hits were Bill Jones, Lingo Kong, Mike Tingle, Home Run Freddy Eberhardt (who disappointed everyone by just hitting a single) and Art Taylor.  A very strong defensive showing for all of the corvids but a special mention has to go out to Lingo Kong leading the way at shortstop.

The Wolfpack left their claws in the forest for their opening game against the Blue Jays. The Jays jumped out to a 5 run lead in top of the first with great hitting and moving the runners around the bases. The Wolfpack responded weakly with a single run in the bottom of the first and after that inning, the Pack was shutout for the remainder of the game as their bats went silent. The Blue Jays kept pouring on the hits for an 11-1 final score. The Wolfpack were only able to accomplish 8 total hits in 7 innings with Bill Howland and Mike Blasco adding two hits each and Bruce Ludlow, Ron Mangini, Gary Jones and Jerry Gross each adding a single hit. The Pack will regroup and look forward to their 11am game Thursday.

Flames 17 Devils 6

Before getting to the game write-up, the Flames manager (Tom Cosgrove) would like to apologize to Gene Reeber and all the players on the Devils team for not realizing the catch-up rule exists for all innings of a game and having a Devils inning end after scoring 5 runs despite the Devils being behind by more than those five runs.  The game was stopped and Gene asked the question about the catch-up rule.  Tom Cosgrove erroneously stated the catch-up and unlimited run rule only applied to the seventh inning.  The game continued and the rule was clarified two innings later. While Gene and Tom tried to find an equitable solution, a decision was made to simply continue the game, understanding that the error was an honest mistake and should have been resolved at the time of the question - not after two innings had passed.  Despite it being an honest mistake, as a third year manager, it was unacceptable for Tom to not know the rule.  The Devils displayed good sportsmanship in discussions about it during and after the game and Tom appreciates their good will and that sportsmanship.

As to the game, The Flames line-up was on fire with all twelve players contributing hits in a 17-6 win that involved three five-run innings from the Flames.  Charlie Whittaker and Mike Aversa led the offense with three hits each.  Monroe Weingarten, Phil D'Angiolini, Wolf Schwartz, and Tracy Zimmerman each had two hits with one of Wolf's being a double.  Ray Morris contributed two RBI's.  Ed Occhi scored two runs and drove in one.  Lee Jaslow, Bob Doernberg, and Jim Stabene each had one hit and scored one run.  Jim fielded a hard hit grounder and fed the pivot for a key bases loaded double play.  Bob covered home and grabbed a throw from the outfield to stop a run from scoring,  Phil D'Agiolini threw out a batter at second base trying to stretch a well hit ball into a double.

Today, the Devils got off to a slow start until the 4th inning but stopped there.

Too many errors, physically and mentally made it a bad day for the Devils.

Jim Parsons went 3-3 while having a hamstring issue. Jeff Hooker, Wayne Haller, and Gerry Barlow all went 2-3.  We will get it together as soon as possible….

Panthers 6 Wildcats 3

The Panthers faced a very talented Wildcats team yesterday and secured a 6-2 win.  The Wildcats drew first blood in the first inning scoring two runs in the top of the first.  The Panthers responded with only one run.  The scoreboard showed zeroes for the second and third innings when the Panthers got three runs in the bottom of  the fourth inning.  The Panthers defense held the Wildcats to no score after the first and put up two insurance runs in the bottom of the sixth to give a final score of 6-3.

Both teams showed good defense for most of the game.  John Rozolis went 2-3 with a triple and Steve Griffin went 1-3 with a double.  Larry Restivo also went 2-3 which rounds out the batting leaders for the Panthers.  Kevin Culp pitched and did a masterful job to start the season.

The Battle of the Cats was a Low Scoring Game with a 6-3 Victory by the Panthers there was some Loose Play in the Field by both Teams or it would have been an even “LOWER SCORING GAME” The Wildcats were led by Jack McNulty going 3 for 3 with a Run Scored and 2 RBI’s and Neil Haneman also going 3 for 3 with a Run Scored, Dave Simone went 2 for 3, Dave Noa was 1 for 3 with a Run Scored, Mike Kroeger was 1 for 3 with 1 RBI    Bill Russell was 2 for 2, Ken Mealey was 1 for 2 and Howard Borchaner was 1 for 2

Kevin Culp Pitched His Usual Good Game to Tame the Wildcats !!!

We Congratulate the Panthers on a well Played Game and the Victory

Eagles 13 Starr 10

The Eagles started scoring early with three runs in the first inning, two in the second inning and four in the fourth inning.  We held Starr to one run scored in the first.  Starr woke up and scored seven runs in the sixth inning.  Starr scored two runs in the seventh inning to tie the game 10-10.

The game went into extra innings in the eighth inning and the Eagles scored three runs to finally shut out Starr to come away with a 13-10 victory.  Starr never quit and played very hard until the last out.  

The Eagles were led by Scott Jones who went four for six and scored two runs.  John Pappadakis went two for four, scoring one run.  Steve Scheele pitched a complete game, allowing only one walk and went three for five, scoring two runs.  Kevin Jerden went three for five, including a double and scored three runs.  Dennis Burza went three for three with one walk and scored three runs.  Joe Mursch went three for four.  Pascal Houcke went two for four.  Ron Cohen went one for four.  Jim Swiderski went three for four, scored one run and played very well at catcher.  Ken Radon went one for three and made a couple of nice plays covering first.  Paul Stetsko subbed for us and went one for four.  Paul had a clutch hit for our team that drove in a run in the eighth inning and also scored our last run to end the game with a win.

The Eagles jumped out to a 3-0 lead and kept on pounding out hits for a 9-1 advantage after 5 innings.  In the bottom of the 6th inning Starr rallied for 7 runs to close the gap to 9-8 with Eagles on top.  In the top of the 7th, Eagles added 1 run for a 10 to 8 advantage.  In the bottom of the 7th inning with 2 outs and no base runners Starr rallied for 2 runs tying the score at 10.  Going into extra innings the Eagles scored 3 runs and Starr fell apart giving the Eagles a 13 to 10 victory.

Offensive stars were Ron Fein getting 4 hits.  Chipping in with 2 hits was Marc Azzaro, Chris Metzger, and Bill Schwartz.  Each had 2 hits and 2 RBI's.  Also with 2 hits were Larry Levin, Terry Klein, Alan Massey and Spencer Snyderman.  Adding 1 hit each were Bill Krieger and Dave Detweiler.  Great fielding plays by Larry Levin, Ron Fein, and Marc Azzaro.

The Eagles played great as a team and Steve Scheele pitched a great game.

Blues Brothers 7 Classics 6

The Blues Brothers held off a 7th inning rally to defeat the Classics 7 to 6. The Blues Brothers led the entire game. The Classics scored 3 runs in the bottom of the seventh inning, leaving the tying run on first base, on a great catch by Bob Gaines in Left Field, ending the game.  

Andy Cohen pitched all seven innings for the Blues Brothers. Jack Feehan had a solo Home Run to help contribute to the win.

Vince Burkett had three hits for the winning team. Ed Brandriff had two hits, as did Jack Feehan, and Mike Katz before leaving the game, with a hamstring injury.

Also contributing base hits were Paul Stetsko, Kevin Grevera, Bob Gaines, Andy Cohen, George Reich, and Andy Markowitz.

Happy Cinco de Mayo! Here is the recap for Game 1.

The Classics had a slow start to Game 1, scoring only 2 runs in the first 5 innings.  The team struggled to put together hits and got behind 5-1, while managing only 10 hits in the game.  Leading the team with 2 hits each were Craig Wright, Greg Kloiber and Skip Evans. However, the biggest boost came from a 2 RBI double off the bat of Bryan Chase in the 7th inning to close the gap to 7-5.  Chase then scored to make the final score 7-6 and ending any chance for a comeback.  The team is looking forward with positivity and getting a better start on Thursday! 

2026 Schedule of Events

Indoor Workouts are currently in progress at the Northeast Racquet Club every Tuesday and Thursday from 10 AM until noon.  If the weather magically turns nice we will move outdoors to Community Park in Middletown.

We will need to start working on the 2026 team draft at the end of March in order to have jerseys ready for opening day.

We expect to announce the results of the 2026 player draft on April 23rd.  Reserve the date.

Each team will have 2 practice games on either Monday April 27th, or Thuesday April 28th and Thursday April 30th.  We will have one game on Monday the 27th because we have an uneven number of teams this season.

Opening Day will be May 5th.

We will have 11 teams with the new team being named the Hot Shots and managed by Tony Baccari.   Dick Tosti will manage the Classics replaceing Eric Gottlieb and Jack Zupan will resume control of the Panthers.

There will be a 2 week break starting on 6/26/2026 through 7/13/2026, with league play resuming on 7/14/2026 .

(rev . 12-Apr-2026)